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In yet another highlight in careers that have been filled with them, Bob and Mike Bryan, the world's best men's doubles team for almost as long as anybody can remember, won the U.S. Open title here Sunday. It would be hard to define any of their titles and landmarks as special because there are so many, now including 16 Grand Slam titles. But this one makes the "special" category because it was, incredibly, their 100th tour doubles title. In the final in Arthur Ashe Stadium, they beat Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez of Spain, 6-3, 6-4. The brothers said afterward that they were especially pleased because they felt they had saved their best match for last. The...

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